“Race,” Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada

“Race,” Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada
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Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
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Download or read book “Race,” Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada written by James W. St. G. Walker and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 1997-10-27 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on four cases relating to race between 1914 and 1955, Walker (history, U. of Waterloo) explores the role of the Canadian Supreme Court and the law in racializing Canadian society. He demonstrates that the justices were expressing the prevailing common sense in their legal decisions, and argues that the law has created the conditions for the country's chronic racism. He projects past and current trends into the future. Co-published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Canadian card order number: C97-931762-2. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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